On how to mess with Facebook and preserve (some of) your privacy #fb

Let's say someone sends you a link to something on Facebook via the email system. You know that Facebook tracks all that information, yes?

Take a look at this email I had forwarded to my day-to-day (non Facebook email) between the dashed lines. (I replaced the actual information with generic info between <>

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<your friend> sent you a message.

Re: <your last email>

"Hey, Bernie, check out this link
http://www.facebook.com/l/<some_facebook_code>;www.<some_thing>.html"

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So, for starters, you can copy the www.<some_thing>.html part into your browser and bypass Facebook. That's one way to preserve some privacy.

You can also mess with Facebook by entering something like this instead:

http://www.facebook.com/l/<some_facebook_code>;www.google.com

Track that, Facebook!

Now I am not saying you should do this. I am just pointing out some things you should know.

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  • May 5 2010, 5:19 PM
    Joanne MacDonald responded:
    For anyone who actually still uses their FB account,
    this is probably good to know.
    Just wondering....
    How does one maintain their "privacy" on Twitter???